Job overview

Are you looking for a change of direction to a more clinically focussed career? Do you aspire to be a hospital pharmacist with a strong focus on patient care? We have the perfect position for you!

Our Trust offers excellent opportunities for ambitious pharmacists to develop their career in a clinically focussed environment supported by and working alongside our advanced pharmacists.  

Our band 6 roles offer 3 monthly rotations through several clinical and support areas including Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Cancer & Aseptic Services, Medicines Information and community. Each rotation is specifically designed to provide you with a broad range of experiences and build general level skills, which will provide a platform to progress your career forward. On demonstration of certain competencies you will be given the opportunity to progress to a band 7 role with more specialist rotations.

We also support our pharmacists through the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, Independent Prescribing and Leadership courses as part of our Education Strategy, which is integral to our department.

We welcome applications from newly qualified pharmacists, community pharmacists who are interested in expanding their practice into hospitals, overseas pharmacists with GPhC registration and trainee pharmacists due to register shortly. We are also interested in hearing from you if you are already an existing band 6 pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a clinical pharmacy service within the rotational areas, working through set objectives with the guidance of Senior Pharmacists. 
• Each rotation is 3 months (9 months at band 7)
• To support dispensary services assisting with validation and checking process.
• To participate in education and training of pharmacy, nursing and medical staff.
• To undertake activities within your personal development plan such as post graduate programs.
• To participate in the provision of on-call out of hours service, late duty, weekend and bank holiday rotas.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

•  As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
•  We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

•  We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
•  Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.